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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani [mailto:sghanipoor@mail.sdsu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 01, 2017 4:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> Arlene Gibson<br><b>Subject:</b> Participants for driving simulator study<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#0B5394'>Dear Arlene,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#0B5394'>Would you please help me and my student distribute the following ad for participant recruitment for our driving simulator study. I have attached the flyer as well.<br>I appreciate it if you could send it to faculty/staff email listserve in the college.</span><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>We at SDSU-STAR (SDSU Smart Transportation Analytics Research) lab are planning to conduct a <b><u>driving simulator study</u></b> to investigate how different vehicle safety warning systems affect drivers’ behavior on curvy roads. The focus of the study is on curve speed warning systems which alert drivers when approaching speed to curves is too high.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>It will be very much appreciated if you could take some time to participate in our study. The study will take no more than two hours, and your participation can contribute to curve speed warning system development and improve traffic safety that could reduce crashes at curvy roads and ultimately save lives. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary, but you will get a first-hand experience dealing with interesting driving simulation equipment. You can opt out of the experiment at any time for any reason. If you decide to participate, you will also be compensated $30 at the end of the driving session when you finish the experiment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>Data obtained from the simulator will be confidential. Analyses shared and reported in publications will not include participants’ personal identifiers in order to ensure participants’ confidentiality.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>All participants must be licensed drivers at least 18 years of age. If possible, we are interested in having an age-and gender-balanced population. We will ask you to provide us with your age and gender, and we will enroll equal number of males and females to fulfill the balancing criteria.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>If you are interested in participating or have questions about the procedure, please <b><u>contact me at</u></b>: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>(760) 798-5453 or via email at <span class=gmail-msohyperlink><i><a href="mailto:aahmadi@sdsu.edu">aahmadi@sdsu.edu</a></i></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>Thank you very much for your time and support. <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border-color:-moz-use-text-color'><tr><td width=865 valign=top style='width:6.65in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Researcher</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Alidad Ahmadi</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><br><i>Graduate Research Assistant<br>Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:aahmadi@sdsu.edu">aahmadi@sdsu.edu</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt'>Tel: (760) 798-5453</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=865 valign=top style='width:6.65in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Principle Investigator</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Dr. Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:sghanipoor@mail.sdsu.edu">sghanipoor@mail.sdsu.edu</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt'>Tel: (619) 594-1937</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0B5394'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0B5394'>Sahar</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0B5394'><br>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani, Ph.D.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Assistant Professor</span></i><br><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>SDSU Director, Safe-D National University Transportation Center</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering</span><br><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>San Diego State University</span><br><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Phone: +1 619 594-1937</span><a href="tel:%2B1%20619%20594-8289" target="_blank"><br></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:sghanipoor@mail.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">sghanipoor@mail.sdsu.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0B5394'><a href="http://ghanipoor.sdsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://ghanipoor.sdsu.edu/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>